Aphorisms on Brahman 2.511
Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya) 2.511
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- Sanskrit
2.511.1
smaryate 'pi ca loke ||
It is, moreover, recorded in the (ordinary) world.
2.511.2
apica smaryate loke /
droṇadhṛṣṭadyumnaprabhṛtīnāṃ sītādraupadīprabhṛtīnāṃ cāyonijatvam /
tatra droṇādīnāṃ yoṣidviṣayaikāhutirnāsti /
dhṛṣṭadyumnādīnāṃ tu yoṣitpuruṣaviṣaye dve apyāhutī na staḥ /
yathā ca tatrāhutisaṃkhyānādaro bhavatyevamanyatrāpi bhaviṣyati /
balākāpyantareṇaiva retaḥsekaṃ garbhaṃ dhatta iti lokarūḍhiḥ // 19 //
There are, moreover, traditions, apart from the Veda, that certain persons like Drona, Dhrishtadyumna, Sîtâ, Draupadî, &c., were not born in the ordinary way from mothers. In the case of Drona and others there was absent the oblation which is made into the woman; while in the case of Dhrishtadyumna and others, even two of the oblations, viz. the one offered into woman and the one offered into man, were absent. Hence in other cases also birth may be supposed to take place independently of the number of oblations.--It is, moreover, commonly known that the female crane conceives without a male.
Translations (1)
- The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38) — George Thibaut 1890, English
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit